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2012 AWARDS
Texprint invites leading industry figures to judge four TEXPRINT® 2012 AWARDS: the Body Prize, awarded for the best fashion fabric design in any discipline; the Space Prize, awarded for the best fabric design for interiors; the Colour Prize, awarded for the best use of colour; and the Pattern Prize, awarded for the most creative pattern. The judges, many of whom work internationally and fly in often just for the day, meet the designers at the Texprint London exhibition. Here they review portfolios, talk at length to the designers, and deliberate carefully, before making their final decisions.
The Woolmark Texprint Award in support of Campaign for Wool, donated by Woolmark International, will be judged and presented at Indigo/PremièreVision, Paris, in September. To see the Woolmark Texprint Award brochure Be Inspired by Merino Wool click here.
Judges for 2011 were Orla Kiely OBE, Sue Timney, David Shah, View Publications, Stuart Stockdale, design director of Jaeger, and Sophie Steller for Spinexpo. The judges for the Woolmark Texprint Award were Douglas Cordeaux, Fox Brothers & Co, and Keith Walker, managing director of Linton Tweeds.
2012 Sponsorship also includes:
Arts Thread: Arts Thread online portfolios for the TEXPRINT® 2011 Top 50 designers selected at interview stage.
London Printworks Trust: LPT offer bursary membership and subsidised hire rates for one year for those wishing to take up the offer.
Mode Information: All 24 designers to be given a one year subscription to a professional magazine of their choice from a selection specified by Mode Information.
R. A. Smart Textile Printers: Offer to print two lengths of fabric for the designer whose work is considered the most appropriate.
Pantone: All 24 designers to be given a Pantone F+H Colour Guide.
WGSN: All 24 designers to be given a single user licence to WGSN for 1 year, free of charge.
2011 Sponsorship also included:
Spinexpo Travel Awards: awarded to the winners of the four TEXPRINT® 2011 AWARDS plus six other designers demonstrating the most creative use of materials. The ten designers were sponsored to exhibit their work at Spinexpo, Shanghai in September. This award was judged at Texprint London.
Interstoff Asia Essential: IAE supported an exhibit of the work of the TEXPRINT® 2011 Award winners plus the Woolmark Texprint Award winner in Hong Kong.
Texprint 2011 Awards
Body Prize 2011
Judged by Orla Kiely, Sue Timney, Sophie Steller, David Shah, Stuart Stockdale
Prize Winner – David Bradley
“David Bradley (RCA MA) creates dazzling textiles for fashion, inspired by the illusion of movement in surface pattern. David’s distinctive fusion of colour, fabric and pattern employs printing, pleating and layering to mesmerising effect. ”
Colour Prize 2011
Judged by Orla Kiely, Sue Timney, Sophie Steller, David Shah, Stuart Stockdale
Prize Winner – Chloe Hamblin
“Chelsea College of Art graduate Chloe Hamlin’s exuberant, decorative woven fabrics have been inspired by the expression of flight in birds. Her pieces zing with bright colour references derived from coloured feathers.”
Pattern Prize 2011
Judged by Orla Kiely, Sue Timney, Sophie Steller, David Shah, Stuart Stockdale
Prize Winner – Emma Shipley
“Emma Shipley’s (RCA MA) meticulously precise drawings from the natural world are astonishingly skilful and distinctive. She has successfully translated her original artwork into designs for scarves, fabric and wallpaper. ”
Space Prize 2011
Judged by Orla Kiely, Sue Timney, Sophie Steller, David Shah, Stuart Stockdale
Prize Winner – Harriet Toogood
“Harriet Toogood from the University of Brighton gleans her inspiration from everyday life. Her individual approach uses colour and structures from everyday life, translating these into bold and fresh woven fabrics.”
The Woolmark Texprint Award
The Woolmark Texprint Award in support of Campaign for Wool
Judged by Douglas Cordeaux, Fox Bros & Co, and Keith Walker, Linton Tweeds
Prize Winner – Harriet Toogood
“We recognise what she has created: she uses different weaves and a combination of materials - wool included - to create something very unusual, but also practical, it was what I was hoping to find in a winner, and it's what she's achieved.”